Allies blockade while an obsolete cruiser meets modern battleships

The strategic map rewards friendly relations by bringing French, Italian, and Japanese pressure into the blockade of the Soviet Union. The British force contains four modern battleships with six destroyers, combining concentrated firepower with a screen. An 1890s light cruiser encounters the squadron and is rapidly overwhelmed by ships built to a completely different technological standard. The approach also reveals a fleet problem: the modern battleships can outrun their destroyer escorts, so the screening force must be redesigned to keep pace.